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MSCA tentatively selects RS&H as owner's representative; member discloses past employer and recuses
Summary
The Authority tentatively approved RS and H of Michigan for the owner's representative consultant, with member Ruth disclosing a prior employment relationship with a subcontractor (Fishbeck), resigning before staff review and recusing from the vote; board discussed budget constraints and the need for additional funding to carry the ORC through project completion.
The Mackinac Straits Corridor Authority on Dec. 12 tentatively approved the selection of RS and H of Michigan as the owner's representative consultant, subject to final contract review, and discussed budget implications for completing the contract.
Stephen Ward, the Authority’s project manager, told the board the Authority spent "just over a $100,000" in the last quarter and that the board currently has "a remaining appropriation at about 1,327,000 that's unencumbered" to apply toward the ORC contract. Ward said that amount "will not be enough to take that ORC contract all the way through to its completion" and described a plan to…
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